This is a Basic Gantt chart example.
It shows tasks in a Security and Access Control project.
Tasks are outlined in two sections. Each task uses a
yellow triangle to indicate the start date of the task and a
green down triangle to indicate the finish date of the task.
Also shown on this schedule are the responsible sub-contractors
for the project (in the column labeled R-E-S-P).

A milestone chart depicts key events along a timescale. A
milestone chart traditionally used triangles to depict a specific event. A
milestone on a milestone chart Gantt can depict a specific event or a
culmination of events. Milestones on a milestone chart Gantt can be shown in
various colors or with markings that indicate status. A milestone chart
Gantt is usually used for top level reporting so management does not become
bogged down in the minutia of the project or projects.

This example is a typical Gantt chart format. It
shows how the Gantt chart format can be applied to a one-day time frame.
In this case, the Gantt chart format is used to display schedules for
college courses. Different colored bars are used to represent
different departments (red for language arts, green for science, etc.)

In project management, a baseline is
the project's original plan. On the above project plan, the baseline
plan is highlighted (yellow) so that it is easily distinguishable
from the current plan. Some Gantt chart software and project
management software offer the feature of highlighting the baseline
plan. Some project management software will let the user lock the
baseline plan so that the baseline plan does not change when the
schedule is edited.

The Gantt chart format can also be applied to
timelines. Timelines are often similar to very detailed
milestone charts. They might include bars, similar to
those found on a Gantt chart, but often they will include
milestone markers, representing significant events in history.

Stoplights are often used as a quick way to
display project status, especially for executives who may want
to quickly glance at a project schedule to see how the project
is doing. A stoplight listing might be shown to a top
exec, giving the exec the opportunity to "drill-down" on the
project schedule to get detail on any project which he/she has a
question about.

Earned
Value has been used since the 1960ís by the Department of Defense as a
central part of the C/SCSC (Cost/Schedule Control Systems Criteria).
Recently, the DOD revised the 35 criteria contained in the C/SCSC and
produced the 32 criteria for EVMS (Earned Value Management Systems).
These criteria have since been accepted by the American National
Standards Institute/Electronic Industry Association as a new standard,
called ANSI/EIA 748. Now, EVM is being used in a wider variety of
government contracts, and is spreading through the private sector as a
valuable tool for project managers.

All Schedules on this web site were created using Milestones software.
This includes Milestones Professional, which is a powerful, fast, and easy
to use project scheduler,
and Milestones Simplicity, a basic program for creating Gantt charts. These programs can both be used to
present schedules.
They are both great examples of
project planning
software.

This is an example of a Dashboard Gantt
chart. The Gantt chart portion of the dashboard is in the
middle, while the columns display a wealth of other information
which will be of interest to anyone monitoring the project.
Information includes Earned Value performance metrics such as
Schedule Variance, Cost Variance, Cost Performance Index,
Planned Value (PV) and Earned Value (EV). Additionally,
graphed on top of the Gantt chart area, are the Budget, Actual,
Earned Value (EV) and Planned Value (PV) values.